California Code
CHAPTER 5 - State Child Welfare Services
Section 16518.5.

16518.5. When placing foster children, the placing agency shall not decline to place a child with a resource family because of a resource family parent’s actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.

(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 967, Sec. 4. (AB 2466) Effective January 1, 2023.)